Another magazine, another competition, another set of completely shonky terms and conditions - Sad to see image harvesting is still alive and well. If any one has students who may stumble across this little scam, please warn them not to participate ! It's all very well to give away a camera for a winning photo but to own the license of *every* submitted image is a bit rich! They could probably run their magazine for a year or more without having to pay a cent for any of the images they use, and if the magazine isn't performing well the owners are nicely set to sell off their image base to make a few dollars the magazine: http://www.outer-edge.com.au/ the offer: "we are also giving away a stunning Leica camera kit valued at $2000 ..To enter the competition to win the camera gear, you just need to send us your best adventure-themed photograph.." the terms: http://www.outer-edge.com.au/competitions.html "4. All entries shall become the property of the Promoter and no information as to the quantity of entries shall be provided to Participants. Entries, including photographs, will not be returned to Participants. Entry details (includirg any photograph) may be used for future promotional, marketing marketting and publicity purposes. 5. Entries must be the original independent creation of the Participant and free of any claims, including copyright or other intelectual claims, by other parties. Entries must not have been published previously, used in any competitions or infrings any third party rights. 6. By submitting an entry Participants grant the Promoter a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide license to do the following in respect of the entry: (a) use, reproduce, publish, adapt edit, publicly perform, broadcast, transmit or communicate to the public; and (b) sublicense the rights granted in paragraph (a) above to any third party; and Participants will not be entitled to any fee for such use." nasty stuff k
